The problem is not confined to Iraq. The UN World Water Development Report 2023 warned that there is an “imminent risk of a global water crisis”, with “between two and three billion people ...

We must close this gap. Doing so would both advance progress toward universal access to water and sanitation and unlock ...

He said he was considering moving "to a place with water." Iraq is known in Arabic as the ... Arbil should rely less on groundwater. Amid the crisis, the city's local authorities say they have ...

In summer 2018 protests erupted in Basra amidst a water contamination crisis, with over 100,000 admitted to hospital ... Political and Environmental Factors Affecting Southern Iraq’s Water Shortages.

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because Iraq is suffering from a water scarcity crisis, and this affects agriculture.” Ellen Knickmeyer in Washington, and Ali Jabar in Baghdad, contributed to this report. From news to politics ...

Shortages in drinking water and electricity ... local governance in the Basra district of Iraq in light of the ongoing crisis in service provision. It also aims to examine the public’s responses to ...